In 1908, Émile Cohl's short film Fantasmagorie became the world's first animated cartoon. Before this groundbreaking achievement, stop-motion techniques were used to bring inanimate objects to life.

The first animated cartoon, Fantasmagorie, was a 1:45 long cartoon that aired in 1908 consisting of a stick-man transitioning through a series of misadventures. From such humble beginnings, the medium ...

Cartoons are for kids… or so some people think. But even when an animated show is actually made "for kids," that doesn't mean it's stupid, disposable slop. Some of the greatest cartoons ever made are ...